THE BOOK OF DANIEL AND YOU, Chapter One

A POWERFUL king threatens to execute his wise men because they are not able to reveal and interpret his puzzling dream.  Three young men who refuse to worship  a towering image are thrown into a superheated furnace, yet they survive.  In the midst of a festive celebration, hundreds behold a hand that is writing mysterious words  on a palace wall.  Evil conspirators  have an elderly man thrown into a pit of lions, but he emerges  without a scratch. A prophet of God sees four beasts in a vision, and their significance stretches millenniums into the future.  

These are just some of the accounts found in the Bible book of Daniel.  Do they merit consideration?  What possible relevance  could this age-old book have for our day? Whey should we be concerned about events that occurred some 2,600 years ago?  

Next time: DANIEL-AN ANCIENT BOOK FOR MODERN TIMES 
From the Book: PAY ATTENTION TO DANIEL'S PROPHECY, 1999